Dutch Spiced Beef

Ingredients

• 2 lbs beef round steak (Steak should be 3/4 inch thick.)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 large Spanish onion (Onion should be thickly sliced.)
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 1/2 tablespoons vinegar
• 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 whole cloves
• 4 canned spiced onions
• 12 strips pimientos

Instructions

1. Cut steak into 4 pieces; rub with salt and pepper.
2. Heat butter in large frying-pan until hot but not brown.
3. Brown meat on both sides; remove to platter.
4. Add sliced onions to frying-pan and fry lightly; remove from pan.
5. Add water to frying-pan, scraping pan to loosen any bits of beef.
6. Return meat to pan; cover with onion slices.
7. Add vinegar, mustard, bay leaf and cloves.
8. Cover and cook slowly 1 1/2 hours or until tender, turning every 1/2 hour.
9. Place steaks on serving platter.
10. Remove bay leaf and cloves and place onions on platter.
11. Granish each steak with 1 spiced onion and 3 pimiento strips.